Dr. Macarena Garcia, a Senior Health Scientist at the Office of Rural Health at the CDC, summarizes a report focused on preventable premature deaths in rural America; Jeffrey Ekoma, ASTHO Senior Director for Government Affairs, updates us on the appropriations work his team has been doing; and ASTHO has published three briefs centered on the improvement of health data sharing.

CDC Webpage: Leading Causes of Death in Rural America as a Public Health Issue

Tableau Public Dashboard: Preventable Early Deaths in the United States, 2010-2022

Public Health Review Podcast Episode: Improving Retail Food Safety with the FDA Food Code

Public Health Review Podcast Webpage

ASTHO Brief: Olmsted County Pilots a Regional Population Health Data Hub to Improve Data Accessibility

ASTHO Brief: Fairfax County Health Department Modernizes Infrastructure to Optimize Public Health Data Sharing

ASTHO Brief: Arizona Department of Health Services Pursues Policies to Advance Data Sharing with Tribal Nations